tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post6164814709287275005..comments2024-01-10T05:16:41.843-05:00Comments on The official unofficial blog of FireRonZook.com, now asking for Will Muschamp's head.: Schadenfreude courtesy of Illiniboard.comNot Bagheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03588473849199429461noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-28939516014168587722007-10-19T19:23:00.000-04:002007-10-19T19:23:00.000-04:00When you start paying me to be your A.D. I'll come...When you start paying me to be your A.D. I'll come up with a list of suitable candidates. Isn't that their fucking job?<BR/><BR/>The idea that Zook was the only man for the job is just laughable. Are you saying that if Zook had broken his back and died while doing squats in the UF weight room on his last day, that Illinois would not have been able to hire a good coach, a coach that could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-70490627572820476382007-10-19T16:07:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:07:00.000-04:00But please, seriously, go back to the end of 2005,...But please, seriously, go back to the end of 2005, and name the candidates who not only had a PROVEN ability to recruit, but also would have even considered coming to Illinois in a heartbeat.<BR/><BR/>And hiring some unproven assistant like Ron Prince at Virginia simply would not have flown with our boosters. We needed somebody who was a proven recruiter.<BR/><BR/>Zook was the only one out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-90865019398366328012007-10-19T16:04:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:04:00.000-04:00Well, I guess your point makes sense since we've h...Well, I guess your point makes sense since we've had so many coaches who could recruit so well at Illinois in the past. Clearly it's a simple thing.<BR/><BR/>Without Zook we have no shot at 7-0 or 6-1 this year.<BR/><BR/>With Zook, we have a shot at it, but he coaches us out of it.<BR/><BR/>Whatever. We're not Florida. He goes 7-5 and to a bowl game every year, and blows all 5 games through Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-78343549132224123902007-10-17T00:27:00.000-04:002007-10-17T00:27:00.000-04:00We live in a country of 330 million people. Just ...We live in a country of 330 million people. Just in Division 1A there are 120 head coaches. Not counting the hundreds of assistants in D1A and also the head coaches at lower levels. The idea that Ron Zook was "the only one" is laughable. You want to know someone who deserves a head coaching job? Someone who won't make the idiotic decisions that Zook makes and knows the college game inside andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-35852803097105980882007-10-16T21:39:00.000-04:002007-10-16T21:39:00.000-04:00Please, do tell what coach we could have hired in ...Please, do tell what coach we could have hired in 2004 that would have recruited the guys that Ron Zook brought in to the program?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-53052924011574415982007-10-16T17:28:00.000-04:002007-10-16T17:28:00.000-04:00Is that all you could come up with? That's so las...Is that all you could come up with? That's so last week. C'mon, you can do better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-65049417140377547412007-10-16T00:40:00.000-04:002007-10-16T00:40:00.000-04:00Are you fucking kidding me? What makes you think ...Are you fucking kidding me? What makes you think that Ron Zook is the ONLY coach who could have recruited the caliber of players that you have? What is so magical about him? Does he cast a spell on recruits. Get lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36900859.post-42584997145695928152007-10-15T21:59:00.000-04:002007-10-15T21:59:00.000-04:00Of course, being 6-1 or 7-0 wouldn't be a possibil...Of course, being 6-1 or 7-0 wouldn't be a possibility without Zook, because nobody else was bringing talent in to a program that had D-II level talent when he took over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com